How about widespread conservative criticism of President Clinton during the war in the Balkans? Was that traitorous and un-American? The trouble with your point is that it assumes that our form of government is not democratic, and that our leaders are beyond question. Admittedly, there are advantages to that kind of government, particularly in wartime, since policy disagreements at home can encou
After reading all the commentary, I decided to watch Farenheit 911 again so as to allow me a chance to reflect more deeply. Partisan politics aside, what does this movie signify? Simply put, this movie is political discourse in screen format, nothing more and nothing less. The movie basically breaks down into two segments, each aligned with the expectations of a television audience. The first contrasts the investigation of the 9/11 criminal
i do not think that the men who lead the US on the path to war are all that concerned that their ruse has been discovered, that their pet project has been uncovered as the desire of a select few realised in the face of massive international and domestic opposition. Agr
Now we have people who were against the war in the first place trying to claim that Bush led us into a war based on "lies". What they don't understand (or choose to understand) is that the weapons of mass destruction were an irrelevant issue. Our support for the war had ntohign to do
protects the ability of business to operate in an unfettered and truly Global fashion, seeing this as the only way that economic prosperity can be obtained for the greatest number of people, not nece
how, exactly, does one "do" a computer? is it kind of like "doing" a goat?
President Bush, who is slowly but surely declining in popularity ( currently at 42%). Edwards on the ticket should give Kerry a bump. In mid-June Kerry had about an 8-point lead over Bush, I'm far from sure about your numbers. The following site seems like a good source: <a href="http://www.race2004.ne
his hypocritical and condescending attitude towards Americans as a whole. I guess I never felt this any more from Moore than I did from Limbaugh, Savage, or the Bushies... And I object to it in all these cases.
So, what you're saying is that Moore is the Bush of the left, and that people who respect and defend Moore are no more open-minded or objective than those who do the same for Bush and that they're left-wing propogandists while those who remain silent on criticizing Limbaugh and others are right-wing ones? I'll agree with that.</T
He is our president, and we need to get behind him as the commander and chief of our armed forces. Kerry voted FOR the Patriot act Does anyone other th
it's tedious and time consuming to actually put togther a good fisking or debunking of a crackpot assertion. Draginol, I'm sorry that you find arguing the issues tedious, and that your "argument" turns mainly on calling the man a crackpot and those that believe him dumb. But I understand, because I have to figh
Moore is little more than just some ranting left wing idealogue who has managed to get famous. There's a zillion conspriacy nuts just like him out there. It's like they've elected him king of the loonies to spread his nastiness around. How incredibly unfair of the left wing, to counter Rush, et al with Farenheit
Considering the endless right wing talk radio, I find it a hoot that all of a sudden conservatives are outraged about this movie. Where was your outrage over Rush's propaganda? In our country, there is plenty of exposure for charasmatic, articulate expression of right wing views, and, until recently, there was very little of this for the left wing. Seems to me that Moore is a healthy development for our democracy, stirring up interest in the
The only way Bush wins is if we get another 9/11, which may very well happen again, maybe around October or maybe on September 11. Which is one reason I am worried... not about our election but about our safety. I strongly suspect that bin Laden would much prefer to see Bush win. It serves the purposes of the m
It matters not a whit that he miscalculated on the WMD, or the fact that Iraq had few ties with bin Laden or whether Don Rumsfeld has his own private torture chamber... He kicks ass, is confident and couldn’t give a tinker’s damn whether he is thought wrong. Hmmm... Right or wrong, he kicks ass and has no self d
What do you think the reaction of the United States be? The United States would respond very similarly to the way we did after 9/11. We would use our military to try to root out the terrorists. The real question, though, is what would be in our best interests. To know that, I would need to know lots of
Somehow, this strikes me as the partisan counter attack of those that hve no interest in working out the matter at hand, but just try to spin the political fallout. Given the photographs, official comments, and other corroborating information we have received, what exactly is your point here? That, because we don't much like the first messenger to reach us with the unpleasant news, we can just go into denial about this setback for our country?
First, I think you have to avoid overstating the case. The horrors committed by Saddam Hussein went far beyond anything the United States has done. The Bushies are kidding themselves about many things, but it doesn't help to turn around and do the same. Second, American misconduct is symptomatic of a crucial structural problem in our democratic government. Because our voting public is educated in current affairs through visual media, most p
It's just an extremely crude attempt by anti-war politicans to try their best to reproduce the protests of the 1970s. That certainly puts the most negative spin possible on it. I think the idea is that it is an essentially unh
The game seems more competitive; I was not able to win without ads are speeches. The ability to randomize is a lot of fun. Creating candidates leads to some problems. Sometimes after creating, choosing to run that candidate picks an exisiting candidate insttead. Once you randomize, it is difficult to get back to normal. I ended up having to restart the compu
Mine came out very close to Mr. Frog's, but my reaction is close to Saint Ying's. The topics and wording reflect an emphasis on libertarian concerns. Thus there is no way to express my main worries that a) control of the mass media has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of the few, b) taxation of business plays favorites in ways that are counter-productive for the population, c) public education is a mess, but privatization would probably
Interesting article. I have been wondering about this. Most who complain about the situation have done so from the angle of a lucrative contract going to a company with links to the vice president. (The bitter comment I hear is that, if Clinton had pulled a financial deal like this, you never would have heard the end of it.) That and the likely ratcheting up of costs to taxpayers. However, I am more interested in the other angle.
Win XP... GF Ti4400 ... 512 MB ram... AMD Athlon XP2600+ 1913 Mhz The video difficulties seem to have regressed to more like the first build -- lots of trouble with long delays. The game seems marginally more difficult, although I still won easily with no ads or campaign speeches -- just lots of HQs, 3 endorsement, some operatives, and a few TV shows.
I just reinstalled Stardock Central and was then able to get the Stardock Central update to work, allowing me to get the updated beta.
Hmm, I too am using XP.
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